#EBD986#EBD986

#EBD986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.105 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD986
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 43%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -5.03, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 43.33, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0136 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.105 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3784, 69.0113, 32.5316)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD986 #8698EB

analogous

#EBA786 #EBD986 #CAEB86

triadic

#EBD986 #86EBD9 #D986EB

tetradic

#EBD986 #86EBA7 #8698EB #EB86CA

square

#EBD986 #86EBA7 #8698EB #EB86CA

split-complementary

#EBD986 #86CAEB #A786EB

monochromatic

#D4B423 #E2C951 #EBD986 #F4E9BB #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EBD986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD986

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD986	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.105 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4aa',
    500: '#ebd986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd986;
$custom-light: #f3e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88199,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD986

secondary

#5065C5

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD986

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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